by Kate Howard | Jul 26, 2010 | Business & Tech, Environment
Get the Flash Player to see this content. To contest National Hot Dog Month, PETA handed out free tofu dogs with veggie chili on Capitol Hill to spread awareness. (Kate Howard and Carissa Kranz/MNS) Washington–July is National Hot Dog Month, according the the...
by Luke X. Martin | Jul 12, 2010 | National Security
Luke X. Martin/MNSGen. Petraeus waits for his Senate Armed Forces Committee confirmation hearing to begin last month in Washington. WASHINGTON — As a four-star general in the U.S. Army, David Petraeus has just about done it all. But he’s not alone in that...
by Sonja Elmquist | Jul 8, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Thursday recommended Gen. James N. Mattis for command of U.S. forces in the Middle East, North Africa and the Arabian Gulf, including Iraq and Afghanistan, to replace Gen. David Petraeus, who last week assumed command of...
by Malathi Nayak | Jul 7, 2010 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Newsweek declared Nikki Haley “The face of the new South” on this week’s cover. The Republican gubernatorial nominee from South Carolina has been the subject of discriminatory remarks by Senator John M. Knotts Jr. (R-SC), raising questions in the...
by Taylor Hall & Ezra Kaplan | Jul 7, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The war in Afghanistan is back in the spot light and that’s probably not going to change any time soon. While all Senators agree that General David Petraeus is the right man to lead the Afghan forces, there is much less consensus among politicians...
